Data Scientist - Strategy & Consumer Insights - General Mills

General Mills is seeking a Data Scientist to work in our Performance and Consumer Analytics (PCA) team within Commercial, Measurement, and Revenue Analytics (CMRA). The PCA team provides strategic business performance and consumer analytics that enable business teams to better predict future growth and identify potential actions to take related to strategic business questions.

This position is focused on building, enhancing, and applying data science capabilities to forecast and identify strategic growth opportunities and key drivers.

We are looking for an exceptional person who is passionate about leading-edge data science, with proven experience providing meaningful and actionable insights to business teams. As part of the PCA team, you will apply analytical rigor, critical thinking, and creativity to solve complex issues while working with business teams. This will require leveraging external partners, working with peers in the PCA data science teams, and partnering with end business users to develop a world class ecosystem.

As part of the PCA team, you will find opportunities to grow your data science skills with a large variety of data and business problems to solve. A successful candidate will have the right blend of technical skills, business acumen, storytelling and a collaborative spirit.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

We are looking for someone to help further our data and decision science capabilities to deliver business growth. The right candidate will have demonstrated business and technical experience and can deliver results that continue the growth of our capabilities that align with our strategic business decisions.

This would include:

• Deliver analytics results based on project plan while working on an agile work team
• Leverage and apply sound modeling techniques, forecasts, or analyses, to produce meaningful business insights that can be scaled and applied across global business areas
• Generate and combine insights from large and/or disparate data sources
• Partner closely with cross-functional and enterprise teams to drive collaboration, efficiency, and enterprise impact
• Effectively communicate and translate results to all levels of the organization to influence business decisions and strategies
• Stay abreast of latest advances in data science, marketing science, and analytics, identifying opportunities within General Mills for application
• Continuously advance skills in methods, storytelling, and partnership-building

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar analytics discipline (i.e. Applied Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, etc.) and 4+ years in data science or marketing analytics roles, building or leveraging advanced analytics, statistical, and machine learning methods
• OR Master’s degree in Data Science or similar analytics discipline and 2+ years in data science or marketing analytics related role
• Demonstrated experience translating analytics results back to the business, turning analytics into actionable business strategies, and delivering on business objectives
• Demonstrated experience of partnering with stakeholders and creating and maintaining strong relationships
• Agility to deliver with sense of urgency, consistently meeting tight timelines
• Experience building the expertise of others through coaching and mentoring
• Proficient with R, Python and SQL scripting languages

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience working in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) or retail industry
• Experience working on a global team with remote team members using agile methodologies
• Prior experience working within business, strategy, consulting, or insights teams
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform or other cloud based systems
• Experience and understanding of syndicated data, including Point of Sales and panel: Nielsen, IRI, etc.,
• Experience with GCP or AWS, Hadoop, Hive

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered
• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
• General Mills will not sponsor applicants  for this position for work visas

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.